If the answer is yes... can I simply de-index the domain and block all robots with robots.txt to prevent and problems?

jimbo_idscraper
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2013-11-05T22:24:24Z —
#2

You can make a simple 301 content redirection from old domain to new, without any problems with Google...

TechnoBear
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2013-11-06T09:51:05Z —
#3

Simply_Ryan said:

I've got a demo domain for some websites that I'm putting together - each site will go in its own directory...

If the answer is yes... can I simply de-index the domain and block all robots with robots.txt to prevent and problems?

Sorry, I'm bit late with this reply, but here it is anyway.

If I've understood you correctly, the demo site is not really for public consumption - just for you and your clients to view. So you don't want that one indexed at all. The easiest thing is to permanently block all demo sites via robots.txt. That's the way I do it, anyway.

Simply_Ryan
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2013-11-06T10:30:51Z —
#4

Thanks for the replies - I ended up going with the robots.txt solution which has worked well!